dv3t sound is pretty weak. Is it supposed to be so?

Friend got a couple weeks old dv3t with P7350 and Intel graphics. Even though it has SRS feature, still sound totally sucks. I cant beleive how quite the speakers are. Even at full volume, you have to be pretty close to notebook in order to listen clearly, unlike my dv6700t, which fills the room with not high quality, but decent enough sound - both volume and quality wise. and it get so hot while playing a little game on it, that the side grill almost gave me burn today. What do you guys with dv3t feel about sound and heat issues? Do you find it weak too, or my friend's dv3t has something wrong in it?

 

my gf just got a dv3t with the same graphics card and the sound is really weak compared to my dv4t with NVIDIA. she thought she was gonna have the same sound as mine so that's why she got the same laptop but smaller. unfortunately, as you stated, the sound is really low and she has to use headphones all the time.

as far as the heating issue, my laptop and hers get pretty hot around the bottom left side but not hot enough to burn me. most laptops get hot but since we both have 9 cell & 12 cell batteries, the heating issue is not as bad. plus, i never use it on the bed or couch or it gets really hot.

overall, you kinda get what you pay for. she spent half the price i did but sound & performance is way better

 

ya the sound out of the speakers of this laptop is not very loud i have heard louder laptop speakers but i feel that due to the laptops size i think that the volume is not all that bad but there are some times that i have a hard time hearing videos and such from youtube and other websites but with windows media player and my mp3's it is ok. As far as heat i think that laptop has some issues i have the same config as you but i have the nvidia video card and my laptop stays cool to luke warm to the touch and my internal temps are in the mid to low 40 deg C when brousing around on the internet and when i benchmarked my laptop the air out of the vent got warm but not real hot and my temps went up to close to 60 and then came down real quick after the test was over. and i am using my laptop with the 9 cell and even with the 6 cell battery mine stays cool

 

I don't seem to have this problem. The sound volume for the built-in speakers on my machine gets unbearably loud at volume 100. I usually keep the volume level at around 32 for the built-in speakers. However, I have Loudness Equalization turned on so that might help.

Also, make sure that you slide the "Master" volume bar in the IDT Audio Settings panel all the way up to the maximum level, and then adjust your laptop's speaker volume to your desired level with the "Speaker and Headphones" volume bar in the IDT Audio Settings panel, or with the touch sensitive Volume Scroll Bar, or with the volume bar that appears when you click the Sound icon in the Notification Area of your Taskbar (This last one may not be enabled by default in Windows Vista, so you may just see the IDT Audio Settings icon only).


To enable Loudness Equalization, go to:

Start --> Control Panel --> Sound

In the "Playback" tab, double click the "Speakers and Headphones" device to go to its Properties menu.

In the "Speakers and Headphones Properties" menu, navigate to the "Enhancements" tab. There you should see a check box labeled "Loudness Equalization." Click that check box, click "Apply" and "OK," and see if that boosts the volume up on your machine.


As for sound quality, I think these are pretty good speakers for a laptop. They can definitely be considered to be upper tier. However, compared to my previous dv2000t, I did notice that the audio fidelity isn't quite as precise. Regardless, I'm still rather content with them.